Hello,
I really hate resurrecting an old thread so if that is the case fell free to kick me out of here
but I want to ask for a bit help and explanation for what I plan to do.
I am currently running an OMV 3.0 setup on my home server.
I am thinking about moving to ProxmoxVE 4.3 for more of a set it and forget it config.
I am toying with build out a Proxmox VE 4.3 setup using 2 120GB SSDs in RAID-1 for system
maybe even using a ZFS raid-1 as it is now supported by Proxmox installer.
mi main issue is what to do with Data drives?
I currently have 4x2TB drives 3x3TB drives and 2x1TB drives on the system.
each drive is individually formatted with BTRFS and is used in OMV with mergerFS as single volume + dual parity SnapRaid setup.
my questions are:
#1. what would be the best way to setup the main system. I have 4 NICs on the server. should I use Linux Bridge or OpenSwitch Bridge as Proxmox 4.3 supports both right out of the box.
#2. what would be the best setup for storing VM config and data? as the system drives are small what are my limits here.
#3. what can/should I do with Data drives?
I can move my OMV setup into VM (well more like rebuild it in the VM) and pass through the physical drives in.
my biggest concern issues are Drive health monitoring (SMART etc) and alerts,
safety of the data, I do have an external 5TB drive with back up but would like to still have a robust solution.
and manageability of data access, i.e. sharing the space on the network.
OMV covers most of this but it seams to be a little shaky, I do not fell confident enough to run VMs on VirtualBox inside the OMV setup. hence I want to reverse the setup.
what are my best options here for setup and easy management?
thanks.